Encore : unheard recordings of Bahamian guitar and singing / Joseph Spence.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Spence, Joseph, 1910-1984, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Bahamas--1961-1970.

Popular music.

Blues (Music)--Bahamas--1961-1970.

Blues (Music).

Guitar music (Blues).

Bahamas.

Genre:

Guitar music (Blues)

Popular music.

Blues (Music)

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (34 min., 22 sec.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2021]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

audio file

CD audio

Contents:

Won't that be a happy time?

Out on the rolling sea

Down by the riverside

Bimini gal

The crow

In times like this

Death and the woman

Give me that old time religion

Run come see Jerusalem

Brown skin girl

The glory of love

Great God what do I see and hear?

That glad reunion day.

Participant:

Joseph Spence, guitar and singing ; with additional musicians.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12 recorded 1965 May 14 home of Peter K. Siegel, New York, NY.

Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 11 recorded 1965 May 16 concert presented by the Friends of Old Time Music and the Newport Folk Foundation at the New School, New York, NY.

Track 9 recorded 1965 June home of Joseph and Louise Spence, Nassau, Bahamas.

Track 13 recorded 1965 June home of Edith, Raymond and Geneva Pinder, Nassau, Bahamas.

Track 4 previously released.

Compact disc.

Liner notes (31 pages : illustrations, portraits) includes notes by Peter K. Siegel, essay by Guy Droussart and song notes by Peter K. Siegel.

OCLC:

1255190912

Publisher Number:

093074024225

40242 Smithsonian Folkways

SFW40242 Smithsonian Folkways